Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)rěxъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aráisas, from Proto-Indo-European *or-. Cognate with Albanian arrë (walnut), Ancient Greek ἄρυα (árua, walnut), Latvian riẽksts, Lithuanian riеšаs.

Noun edit

*o(b)rěxъ m

  1. nut
  2. walnut

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrěxъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 71
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “орех”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*orěxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 374